UN Human Rights Council Panel on Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflict: Oral Statement by ARTICLE 19 Delivered by Sejal Parmar, Senior Legal Officer, ARTICLE 19

Press release regarding a draft resolution on protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict which has been proposed at the thirteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council by Bangladesh, Egypt and Mexico.

Press release on the continued harassment of journalists in the run up to the elections in Honduras.

Statement calling on the international community to take effective action to bring the political conflict in Honduras to a peaceful resolution as soon as possible.

Press release on the recent mission to Honduras.

ARTICLE 19 press release condemning the Israeli Military's Continued Targeting of Media Personnel in Gaza and Supports International Calls for a UN investigation into the Attacks

Statements concerning reports of obstructions placed on the free flow of information in the South Ossetia conflict, and believes that any long term prospect for peace requires all sides to adopt an information regime respecting diversity and pluralism.

Report on the consequences of armed conflict in South Asia for freedom of expression.

Report arguing that the 'right to truth' concerning past human rights violations follows from a general right to access information. The report also contains case studies from Malawi, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

A practical guide which aims to assist in the training of human rights activists to investigate and monitor state-sponsored violence in Africa and, in particular, the increasingly important phenomenon of “informal repression”.

Examines and analyses the Rwandan media, often blamed as a major cause of the genocide, which began on 6 April 1994 and claimed the lives of approx. 500,000 people within three months.